Current Vacancies

Our Wild Immunology team is looking for a new research veterinarian.

The project will involve 5-7 day field trapping trips a few times per year and assisting with caring for animals during vaccine trials with captive and wild devils.
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...

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🦠 NEW | Fully funded PhDs in #virology

We are excited to offer three fantastic opportunities to do joint PhDs between @cvrinfo.bsky.social and @pirbrightinst.bsky.social. Funded for UK home students.

Deadline for applications: Fri 8 May 26

Links and details below ⬇️

Drivers of Viral Diversity and Sharing in Marine Mammals Knowledge of viral infection in marine mammals, a group severely threatened by human activity, is largely limited to the pathology and epidemiology of few endemic viruses. The recent emergence in mar...

🌊 How do viruses circulate in marine mammals?

New research from @matt-arnold-bio.bsky.social & colleagues explores viral communities across 15 species in Scotland, identifying 120+ viruses.

Younger animals carry more, and sharing between species is common.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

PhD position (Hatfield/London, UK)
Impact of heterogeneity in contact rates and lifespan on virus transmission and persistence in natural populations
with @jraghwani.bsky.social Matthew Hall; @krisparag.bsky.social
at Royal Veterinary...
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2482

Wondering what happens if a seal sneezes on a whale? We were! 🦭🤧🐋

We sequenced viromes from 16 species of marine mammals stranded in Scotland. Of >100 viruses detected, ~10% appeared in multiple species (one in both seals & cetaceans!), mirroring known interspecies interactions in Scottish waters.

Virus‐Dependent Geographic Structure of Co‐Circulating Viruses in a Single Bat Species Understanding the spatial spread of viruses within wildlife populations is often a key component of disease management efforts. Viral spread is likely constrained by host ecology, but inter-virus dif...

Excited to share my first paper! Co-circulating viruses in bats show diverse spatial movement patterns, perhaps due to different infection biology. Not all viruses move like their hosts, or like other viruses; Use them for inference with awareness and care!🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ecological vaccination: A strategy to prevent zoonotic spillover from bats Harnessing natural behaviors to vaccinate wild bats reduces zoonotic spillover risk while supporting conservation.

This is a fascinating study!
Researchers developed an incredible new approach to prevent pandemic spillovers by vaccinating BATS themselves using mosquitoes and salt traps. It comes with some risk and caveats and will need robust regulation for prime time.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....

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📢 Fellowship Sponsorship at the CVR

📆 Deadline: Tues 21 April 26

We have an open sponsorship process and are committed to supporting a diverse, inclusive & well-supported community.

Full support with application writing, organising peer reviews and interview prep.

gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

Not all bat viruses spread the same way 🦇

A new study from @averyholmes.bsky.social & colleagues looked at six viruses in vampire bats in Peru & found contrasting patterns of circulation.

Some reflect bat movement, others were influenced by human activity.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Three blue boxes containing white snowflake-like silhouettes of viruses

I wrote a festive little piece for @uk.theconversation.com about the invisible but beautiful world of viruses, our fight against viral diseases, and how you can explore all of this, and more, by making paper snowflakes
❄️🦠🤓❄️ #scicomm #sciart
theconversation.com/the-twelve-v...

We are excited to invite abstract submissions for talks and posters for the 2026 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases meeting at Virginia Tech (June 2-4). Abstract submissions should be made by February 3, 2026 for consideration, using the google form here: cpe.vt.edu/eeid2026/abs...

FindAPhD : The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) PhD Funded Programme at University of Glasgow Apply for a PhD: The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) PhD Funded Programme at University of Glasgow

Are you fascinated by viruses? Would you like to design your own original research project in the UK's largest virology centre? Why not come and do a PhD @cvrinfo.bsky.social - application deadline 6th Jan 2026 (1/1): www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Vampire bats may have contracted H5N1 bird flu in Peru, raising worries about further spread Bats could form a bridge between marine and terrestrial mammals, scientists say

Nice coverage of @itingtu.bsky.social 's work on H5 influenza in vampire bats by @martinenserink.bsky.social

www.science.org/content/arti...

Preprint here-> doi.org/10.1101/2025...

PhD position (Glasgow, UK)
Build lightweight AI tools supporting One Health decision-making.
with @kirstynbrunker.bsky.social @bljog.bsky.social @jakelever.bsky.social
at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2420

My 1st first-author paper is out as a preprint! Excited to share the fascinating story of marine-feeding vampire bats 🌊🦇 We found that marine-diet bats were exposed to #H5#AvianFlu 🦠 from marine wildlife and could potentially spread it to livestock via blood feed🩸
doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.09.686930